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Friday, June 27, 2014

Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #48

It's Friday . . . time to share excerpts from one of my current reads with:

Book Beginnings on Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader,
where bloggers share the first sentence or more of a current read, as
well as initial thoughts about the sentence(s), impressions of the book,
or anything else that the opening inspires.

The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice,
where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an ebook), find
one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.

Today I'm featuring:

I am at the half-way mark of this book, and am thoroughly engaged in the story. I'm turning pages because I know something momentous is about to happen, but at this point I don't know what. Author Herman Koch has a fertile imagination, and like in his previous novel, The Dinner, he presents a compelling story with moral, ethical, and familial factors. It's an engrossing read.

Beginning: I am a doctor. My office hours are from eight-thirty in the morning to one in the afternoon. I take my time. Twenty minutes for each patient. Those twenty minutes are my unique selling point.

*********************Page 56: "After five minutes with you I felt like I'd known you all my life.'"*********************

Which book are you reading now or about to start?

Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #48 was originally published by
Catherine for bookclublibrarian.com. This post cannot be
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